Gilgamesh, the hero of Mesopotamia

Date
2009
Authors
Aziz, Lamia
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Ings, Welby
Item type
Thesis
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Master of Art and Design
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Auckland University of Technology
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This thesis creatively reconsiders the ancient Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh and offers a design of the ancient epic as a contemporary, illustrated text. The work is concerned with notions of heroism, and methods relating to construction of imagery. The manifestation of this investigation is the illustrated book Gilgamesh, the Hero of Mesopotamia, which comprises the principal site of research in the project. It consists of thirty-six drawings that explore cyclic composition as a form of narrative discourse.

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Gilgamesh , Enkidu , Mesopotamia , Uruk , Iraq , Heroism , Hero , Immortality
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